May 2005 Occupational Mix Public Use File

The data in this occupational mix public use file will be used to adjust wage data in the calculation of the wage index for the FY06 final rule and contains data submitted to CMS through May 5, 2005. Consistent with the wage index database, Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) have been removed according to our latest available data. The data is largely unedited except for minor formatting changes. Hospitals will have approximately one month to verify their occupational mix data and submit correction requests to both CMS and their FI to correct errors due to CMS or FI mishandling of the final occupational mix data. posted May 6, 2005